A violation of a national or state labor law by management or a union. Principal examples include interference with organizing, discrimination against an...
After a party believes it has established that there is no material question of fact in the case before the arbitrator, that party may ask for summary judgment...
Used by parties who wish to present a dispute to an arbitrator in the absence of a collective bargaining procedure or other employment agreement that...
The principle that prior arbitration decisions should serve as a guide or precedent and control the determination of the arbitrator’s decision in the case at...
The Shop Steward (or union representative or union steward) in a unionized workplace is a member of the union whose job it is to represent and defend the...
A concept used in discipline cases to limit the introduction of evidence or to avoid re-trying a case that previously was resolved, either by an earlier...